Elected officials at the communal level had little experience; the special delegations that replaced them during periods of crisis were quickly discouraged by the scale and nature of the task to be accomplished; Civil registration is a thankless and complex task that offers neither benefits nor honours, and there is a lack of status and sense of public service as compared with other more high-profile functions; Despite the provisions of article 26 of the Act of 9 October 1961, which requires members of the medical profession (doctors and midwives) to submit to civil registration officials in the place of birth a certificate relating to the birth, and health institutions to report the births of children delivered at such institutions, no significant progress has been observed, owing principally to the excessive number of tasks that paramedical and medical staff must accomplish, and to the remoteness of some rural areas; The situation regarding equipment and materials is also discouraging: visitors are not made to feel welcome; records are not properly kept; supplies are inadequate; in rural areas in particular, unsupervised and malicious staff oblige persons wishing to register to make repeated visits; The administrative authorities responsible for checking the civil records, who are in any case not always properly informed of the required formalities, have neither the time nor the inclination to conduct such checks.
El registro civil es una tarea ingrata, compleja, que no proporciona ventajas ni honores lo que la priva de la consideración y el sentido de servicio público de que gozan otros empleos más conocidos. A pesar de lo dispuesto en el artículo 26 de la Ley de 9 de octubre de 1961 que obliga al personal médico (médicos y parteras) a transmitir al encargado del registro civil del lugar del parto una comunicación del nacimiento, y obliga asimismo a los establecimientos sanitarios a notificar los nacimientos de los que se hayan ocupado, no se ha constatado ningún avance destacado debido sobre todo al número excesivo de tareas que debe asumir el personal paramédico y médico y al alejamiento de los lugares en las regiones rurales. Además la situación material es desalentadora: no hay seguridad de ser recibido; los registros están mal conservados; el material es insuficiente, sobre todo en las regiones rurales, funcionarios malintencionados y sin supervisión obligan a los declarantes a numerosas idas y vueltas.